Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-12-25
Iron Tuesdays Dally.l
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in the market. at W.T.. Smiths.
George IL. Meigs came down from
Well, last evening aud stopped ever in
town to-day.
/ WI we have y Chri4mas tree. q
Holiday dance, n Shooting match. a free
fight or any kind oi awusemcut within
tue next ~ weeks?
W. T. Smith is jus, opening a large
and ds sirabIe stock Of plzin and fancy
Glassware and Q~Ieeu,warc. suitable
for the Holidays, or any other day.
Ed Kelly and Uncle Billy Hazcl,ine
a rived IRON Hall, ok last evening.
tn y report good ,l"ishiug 10 that | =
cality and the weather much colder
than it Is here.
White Pine News:-The measles,
WHICH took IA luli Of about six weeks.
have broken ont again, aud il -eus
with greater violence. Several grown
people have been attacked in the inst
week.
Joseph Smith, Of Euhy Valley. spent
vest rday IN town. lie reports The
"eAth. r much mil Ter in Ruby Valley
thun II i hrr", the thrrmnmrter unvilg
gone below zero but once up To the pros
ent time.
The idiotic word "Nmas," invented
by some ,'Stt-r-b r aimed ~lunatic rs a sub.
stituie for Christmas, Is staring u IN
the face from the pages Of almost every
PAPER We pick up. We can see n"thing
smart "r appropriate ia the silly word.
Addresses Of our representatives, III
Washington, are: S nator ". IT. Stew
art, 1907 Rhode Island Avenue; C,n.
greosmnu W. W"odburn, SIG 18th street
n W. Senator Jones il still at the bed
side Of his sick uotLcT, in San Francis
co.
Lyon Timcs:-Carsoni'es dragged the
Louisiana Lottery sacT to quite an ex-
tent this month. Pretty soon it UIl be
DAyton's turn. rat what's the mat er
with having - LOTTERY Of our own? For
every dollar that Nevada wins over 1856
goes GU; of the county.
A San Frmcisso exchange says: The
powers chat hr have served notice on
III" owner of the al rel cider mil at
Midi" Five mile river. that he must
stop drpositinE his romance in IT,"
har'or, = 1t imioxicatcs the fish aud
thus imebrinteS the f,Lermri wLo eat
til IN. and 1t mus, be stopped.
Virginia CLromi,lr:-J"hn l. Sullivan
nov weighs 2lG pouuls without his
rl'rhe~. lie drinks nothing Int mineral
waters. His only dissipation cousi /,
in smoking n large number of cigars.
but English cigars nrc enough to under
mine the strongest constitution.
A new venture entitled the Denver
Exchange Journnl has been ~inaugurated
ut Denver. Col. the hrt uumbrr Of
which has reached our table. The pa.
per j. a IL page weekly published in the
interest OF the real estate business of
Denver. Th0sh desiring to invest in
that city would do VII to consult the
Journal.
The White Pine News says: The
ladies have ~Gsclrd"i to have n Christ
mas Tree mt the Opera House on Christ.
mas Eve for the yolng folks. The
ladies Will decorate IT, our merchants
will furnish the candy, and everybody
* invited to put on such PRESENTS as
they may wish. 1t will prove quite n
treat for the Young folks.
Lyon Times: Petitions nrc going in
from Z cry coun'y in the State asking
thntt appointment o! Surveyor Gcn-
eral ! ! hc confirmed. There i not
- mar any community who can show
- real good cause for not signing these
petit e. and the one in this county
hns me-. with the approval OF nearly all
Of our prominent people.
One Of our prominent citizens who
formerly a a successful angler brt
litterly, it seems. kSs given up the
sport, has concluded to sdl to tho nj.
fractions Of piscatorisl II .a5ures by put
ting twenty mud turtles. just received
from Sacramento. in the Humboldt. In
the course Of II few years turtle soup
viii hc an every day dish with the aver
Rgc Elko citizen.
Entcrprisc;- AT Marklovill'. just
across the Nevada line in California.
they get the worth Of their money when
they pgtroniEe n ball. The Markleyil-
lnius Glance all night til broad dny
light" go to bed. AMI after u few hours
rrpose arise aud ag.in sling the light
fantastic. Nothing beats u Marllcv,lle
bali except IL DouglnS county rabbit 70.
dec, the latter lasting n week.
The man who puts ten dollar ndvcr-
tisem"nt III lis paper. Il ,ttcriug himself
that lac i, "A libcml advertiser. will hc
surprised 10 learn that n yearly aIvcr.
tisement Of ore column in length in The
Chicago Tfilmue costs the advertiser
$4,000. Tho New York Herald r..
ccivcs for the lowest column $50, $50
Rud for the highest 1913, 1000. The Nav